In a major relief for Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien, a sessions court in Kerala's Thodupuzha today ruled that the Congress leader will not be made an accused in the Suryanelli rape case. The case relates to a 16-year-old girl from Suryanelli in Kerala's Idukki district who was abducted in January 1996 and taken to various places and sexuall...

A sessions court in Kerala's Thodupuzha will today pronounce its order on whether Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien should be made an accused in the Suryanelli rape case. The case relates to a 16-year-old girl from Suryanelli in Kerala's Idukki district who was abducted in January 1996 and taken to various places and sexually exploited by at le...

In yet another twist to the nearly two-decade-old Suryanelli sex scandal, the lone convict in the case, Dharmarajan on Wednesday retracted his allegation that Congress leader and Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien was involved in the case.

PJ Kurien, Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, today met Pope Francis at his inauguration in Rome today. Mr Kurien is the leader of India's delegation for the inauguration, despite questions about his alleged role in the gang-rape of a teenager in 1996.

The Kerala High Court today adjourned the hearing of the bail of the 17 accused in the Suryanelli gang-rape case to March 15 for the lack of appeals and records, which were to be received from the Supreme Court.

120 people have been questioned by the Cyber Police in and around Thiruvananthapuram for posting allegedly obscene Facebook posts about a woman advocate who spoke in defence of Congress leader PJ Kurien amid the furore over the Suryanelli rape case.

In Kerala, 120 people have been questioned by the police in Thiruvananthapuram and nearby areas for posting allegedly obscene Facebook posts about Congress leader PJ Kurien and the Suryanelli rape case.

A fresh hearing in the 1996 Suryanelli rape case is to begin today in the Kerala High Court. A new bench, comprising Justices KT Shankaran and ML Joseph Francis will begin hearing the bail pleas filed by some of the accused.

A new bench has been constituted by the Kerala High Court to hear the Suryanelli rape case.
A division bench, comprising Justices KT Shankaran and ML Joseph Francis, would hear the bail pleas filed by some of the accused on Monday.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari on Friday directed the government to probe the alleged "manhandling" of CPI-M member TN Seema by Delhi Police during a protest demanding removal of Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien who is facing charges in the Suryanelli rape case.

Women activists and the Left in Kerala are outraged by the comments of a parliamentarian of the Congress party who has said that the woman who was allegedly raped by 42 men in 40 days was a child prostitute.

CPI(M) today demanded re-investigation of the 17-year-old Suryanelli gangrape case and sought removal of P J Kurien from the post of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman following allegations against him in connection with the incident.